HILDEBEAST'S Mentor Group, CLOSED! (Page 9)

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Way to go Erin!! I did not realize you raced. Going over to check out report now!!

Yes,  my heart and prayers going out to Oklahoma.

I have replied to this post TWICE and it had disappeared!! Not sure what is going on!!

Yes bassists are awesome! I had one named Sally I inherited from my middle son when he moved out, she passed recently and is greatly missed 

Hilde Glad you 'just' had some thunderstorms after everything Oklahoma is going through. We are seriously considering a storm shelter.

Wow- you guys are in school 'till June 7th!! My son's last day was yesterday. I am work 12 months so no summer off for me, but I know the teachers are ready!!

June is going to be very busy for me too. MY RACE *****SO EXCITED**** is June 1st and I am ready to know what is next!! I want to wait until I do the race to decide for sure if I will sign up for another (Sprint Tri) this year, or focus on strength training (which I dearly miss) and running.

I have been eating a plant based -whole food, gluten free diet (not diet as in 'on a diet') and I feel really good, I can tell my body is really detoxing. ERIN- I read your post in the 'Plant Powered' thread and would love to hear more about what you have done.

Kristen, It sounds like you are supporting some great causes! Type 1 diabetes is tough.

I hope EVERYONE is ready for a great weekend!!!! Who's racing????

Hey all! Hope everyone is doing well and is safe. It's been quite a week in our household. Found out the A/C will need to be replaced (we knew it was coming but it's reached the point where we have to do it now ). Our son's laptop has been acting up so he took it in and was told that basically his motherboard is fried, so new computer ordered for him. Our TM is apparently on it's last leg - we've had it 9 years and lots of miles on it so no real surprise there.

On a good note - I signed up for 10 sessions with a personal trainer, twice a week for 5 weeks. He was recommended by my doctor to help me fix my lower body so I won't keep having problems with my hips/legs. He's going to work with me on lower body/core strengthening. It's not cheap but if he can teach me what I need to do to stabilize my core/lower body I think it'll be worth it.

I'm going to pick up my packet after work for the Tour de Cure bike ride on June 1st. I'm starting to get a little nervous about making it the whole 30 miles (most of my training rides have been less than half that ), but I just keep telling myself that it's a ride not a race so time/speed is not an issue - I just need to finish. If that means stopping on occasion, that's what I'll do.

***JEALOUS***

I think you will do fine on the ride and I bet you have a blast!!

Janet, you will be totally fine, especially if you have some friends you are riding with.  You are completely right, it's NOT a race, so just ride comfortably, stop at the rest stops and stretch your legs and eat some stuff and I think you'll be fine.  Now if you were going for 100 miles, different story!!

So I finally figured out how to format and add pictures in the forums, so here's a pic of our lovely basset hound, Mabel:

AWWWWW!! She is adorable!! 

How did you add your picture? Did you shrink and add at end of post (*attach a file after posting) or use the editor and add it through a webhost like flicker?

"Hello Hildebeast" hehehe..... sorry....

1/2 beagle, 1/2 bulldog??  I can't even picture what that might look like, but sure sounds interesting!!! 

I hope everyone gets to enjoy a 3 (or 4) day weekend!!!!  This is our first day off in over a month, which is cruel and unusual punishment at this time of the school year.... yesterday was HORRIBLE!!!  Friday, summer's almost here, on the cusp of a full moon, AND it started pouring just as my worst class of the day was supposed to leave!  Almost drove me to drink!! 

I have been fully released to train again, all the stitches are out and all I have are some steri-strips that will fall off by themselves and I'll be all set (until Aug. 1st when I go back for another skin check and god knows what she'll find to cut off!).  My next race will be July 14th, pool swim tri and hubby's very first triathlon.  At least I HOPE it's his first, he's signed up for so many races that he never did it's stupid!  My swim seems to have come back pretty well, but I know I have work to do on my bike and run.  The Beastie bike got the spa treatment last week and I can't wait to see how nice she rides now!! 

I know it's been an adjustment to get around the new website, but it's starting to feel comfortable as they work out the bugs and kinks.  I still HATE that the inspire box opens up everytime I go to someone's log, but hopefully they will get rid of that soon.  I like the new look, but I do miss having to click around to see all the data rather than having it all on the page.  Keep inspiring each other, some of you have been really good about that.  Any specific questions you have about ANYTHING post here... well, maybe not ANYTHING, ha ha! 

WOW! Absolutely gorgeous!! I so miss the North woods! We live in a very beautiful wooded area in the South, but it is completely different.

WOW! Absolutely gorgeous!! I so miss the North woods! We live in a very beautiful wooded area in the South, but it is completely different.